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Vegetation restoration for open sandy habitats in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada, using richness, rarity, coefficients of conservatism, the floristic quality index and a case study from the Pinhey Sand Dune

Pages 73-87 | Received 04 Jun 2014, Accepted 04 Jun 2014, Published online: 18 Jul 2014

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